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Members of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service Marine Unit are adapting to life onboard a new fleet of Cape Class vessels. Bigger, faster and capable of going further than their predecessors ever could, the new patrol boats are the future of Australia's maritime border ...

A Little Penguin toddling across the sand makes even the toughest of characters laugh, but in an island colony in South Australia the plight of the penguin is far from comical. The number of animals has plummeted in the last decade and this colony is now fighting for survival. ...

Efforts are being made to reverse a decline in seagrass off an idyllic and isolated patch of Kangaroo Island. Data shows 1600 hectares of underwater meadows have died from nutrient run-off at Western River Cove in the past 30 years....

Residents of a fishing town on upper Gulf St Vincent say no-catch zones could destroy their community by driving down tourism in the area. The State Opposition has vowed to reduce the size of the zone if it wins the election in March, but the Government has dismissed some of the residents' claims as ...

A renowned shark attack survivor has criticised a pending cull in Western Australian waters, saying it will upset the marine ecosystem. Rodney Fox needed more than 450 stitches after he was bitten by a shark south of Adelaide in 1963 and since then has dedicated his life to better understanding the ...